Behavioral Health Specialist - Per Diem

About the role

The Behavioral Health Specialist at Stony Brook Medicine is responsible for orienting patients to the treatment setting, participating in team treatment, reviewing and implementing the patient treatment plan, conducting rounds, monitoring mental status, reporting progress, maintaining a safe therapeutic environment, and providing quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Orients patients to treatment setting and participates in team treatment.
• Takes a primary role in maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment.
• Carrries out behavior monitoring, re-directing, de-escalation interventions, restraint/seclusion, behavior plan development and safety plan development.
• Conducts a variety of patient treatment activities such as individual and group.
• Facilitates daily group psychotherapy activities.
• Assesses and interacts therapeutically with patients and families during visiting hours.
• Provides treatment that promotes patient dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
• Demonstrates respect for cultural diversity and patient boundaries.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge.

Requirements

• Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology or an equivalent field.
• In lieu of a Master’s or Doctoral Degree, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a human service field and either CASAC certification or BCBA certification within NYS.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a position focused on serving those with mental illness in an inpatient hospital setting is required.
• Five (5) or more years of working in a mental health outpatient, partial hospital or residential setting can be substituted for the inpatient hospital requirement if deemed sufficient by the recruiting team.

Qualifications

• Required: Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology or an equivalent field.
• Preferred: Master’s or doctoral degree.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$33-$40/hr

Schedule

Per Diem